Genetic, environmental and gender influences on attachment disorder behaviours

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 190, Issue JUNE, 2007, Pages 490-495

  Minnis, Helen ^a,e   Reekie, Joanne ^b   Young, David ^b   O'Connor, Tom ^c   Ronald, Angelica ^d   Gray, Alison ^b   Plomin, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS;

CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

EID: 34249910069     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.019745     Document Type: Article

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